Maryanne Wolf
Maryanne Wolf | |
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Wolf in 2020 | |
| Known for | Research on dyslexia, literacy in a digital culture, and the reading brain circuit |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Harvard University Northwestern University Saint Mary's College |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Neuroscience |
| Sub-discipline | Developmental psycholinguistics |
| Institutions | Tufts University; University of California, Los Angeles |
| Notable works | Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain; Reader Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World' |
| Website | www |
Maryanne Wolf is a scholar, teacher, and advocate for children and literacy around the world. She is the UCLA Professor-in-Residence of Education, Director of the UCLA Center for Dyslexia, Diverse Learners, and Social Justice, and the Chapman University Presidential Fellow (2018-2022). She is also the former John DiBiaggio Professor of Citizenship and Public Service, Director of the Center for Reading and Language Research, and Professor in the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development at Tufts University. She is a permanent academician in the Pontifical Academy of Science. She was recently made an Honorary Advisory Fellow on the United Sigma Intelligence Association.